Nienke Laan

Graduate International Development studies and Latin American studies #environmentalcrime Crazy about guacamole, animals and guitars. Curious about everything.

[Nienke Laan @nienkella]

How to save (not earth but) ourselves? @DavidALifeFilm
- decrease #poverty (to reduce the world's population)
- increase sustainable energy sources and use less #energy
- restore #biodiversity (to ensure our food systems)
- change our approach of #farming and #consumer behavior

[Mongabay Latam @MongabayLatam]

🔎🇧🇴 #INVESTIGACIÓN
¿Quiénes son los “barones del diésel” en Bolivia? En La Paz y Beni, entre dos familias concentran el manejo de al menos 20 estaciones de servicio, mismas que estarían implicadas en el desvío del diésel hacia la minería aurífera. https://t.co/829jOTIM8l

[Nienke Laan @nienkella]

Earnings from illegal gold hit record high in #Peru https://t.co/pL4p0ZFNOf

[Nienke Laan @nienkella]

“For sixty years, ExxonMobil has profited from gas extraction in the #Netherlands, resulting in earthquakes and damages to homes … that @exxonmobil is now filing a claim for losses shows a total lack of moral sense.
https://t.co/yOMC8nXfUo

[Nienke Laan @nienkella]

YES! Greenpeace Africa activists are at the African Energy Week in Cape Town, @energy_african - have you seen them? I back their demands for an end to new fossil fuel projects in Africa and for polluters to pay up for the damage they have caused. #StopDrillingStartPaying #AEW2024

[Nienke Laan @nienkella]

Fire alerts in the Amazon increased by 79% over the average https://t.co/HN2tGksDGf

[Mira Sys @mirasys95]

CO2-compensatie van Shell en andere bedrijven zeer waarschijnlijk waardeloos.

https://t.co/8JMz825BoA via @FTM_nl

[Gustavo Petro @petrogustavo]

El colpso climático en España, esto pasa por no detener la economía fósil. Sabemos que el consumo de petróleo carbón y gas pueden exterminar la vida en el corto plazo, pero no le importa a los poderes del mundo, hasta que la humanidad reaccione.

[Nienke Laan @nienkella]

In #CostaRica, sustainable tourism is no longer enough for conservation.
https://t.co/kpShnU2hLX

[Boris van der Spek @BorisvanderSpek]

Although I'm not deleting my account - some X accounts are still worth following - I won't be posting or RT'ing anymore.

Ever since @elonmusk took over, this once useful platform has turned into an open sewer where misinformation and racism flourish.

It's not for me. Ciao!

[Nienke Laan @nienkella]

How timber credits mask illegal logging in #Brazil https://t.co/QxXMwvKKkn

[Nienke Laan @nienkella]

https://t.co/0MXxywRV3J

[Crisis Group Latinoamérica @ICGlatam]

El gobierno de #Colombia 🇨🇴 ha hecho de la protección ambiental 🌎 una prioridad. Pero el control que ejercen grupos armados sobre gran parte de la Amazonía dificulta la materialización de ese objetivo.

Un 🧵sobre el nuevo informe de @CrisisGroup.

https://t.co/usxYGOqL8g

[Nienke Laan @nienkella]

Forests and soils destroyed by forest fires in #Peru grew by more than 60% in four years https://t.co/ykYNWCoDSJ

[Nienke Laan @nienkella]

Coral gardening: the nurseries that flourish under the sea in #Mexico https://t.co/Pf0XtD3sX4

[Nienke Laan @nienkella]

Yacu Kallpa: The statute of limitations threatens the largest case of illegal timber trafficking from the Amazon to Mexico.
https://t.co/1fQZjSk6dj

[Nienke Laan @nienkella]

https://t.co/HawsZjQd4d

[Nienke Laan @nienkella]

Insise #Argentina biggest wildlife trafficking bust.

https://t.co/UyQUZhzB92

[Nienke Laan @nienkella]

Indigenous communities sidelined for #Suriname’s new carbon credit program
https://t.co/ugpi6wvQrd

[Nienke Laan @nienkella]

Turtle trafficking in South America https://t.co/THqdCWqZbt

[elDiario.es @eldiarioes]

¿Ayudó el agua de lluvia al origen de la vida? Un ingenioso experimento recupera una teoría de hace 100 años

https://t.co/GHI02sOdcr